Wednesday, March 21, 2007

log guy toob rider

I ve been designing this type of shapes for heavy guys (92 Kg) up to 1.80m tall, who want to rides steeper or hollow waves that the longboards (classic, cruisers, tankers) dont perform so well and is very difficult to pass the waves to reach the line up.so, in the first eyeballing is more for a beach than a pointbreakeven for guys who are not so good paddlerssomewhat a mix between retro and contemporary shapedesigned to take the wave earlier than contemporary board (due to the position of the paddler in a) longboard, so have lot of volume (for a 6 6 ) between nose and WPand to project after a good bottom turn to toob riding or describe slalom down to top faster linesnot intended for a heaviest guy (only if the guy have more than an average surf skills)not intended also for small or fat wave conditions

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

more foam

Thursday, March 08, 2007

9´

well, here comes again; (due to the fact that I cheat Blogger from time to time..)

with an special 9 footer.this was designed to fit a not skilled surfer , but good paddler, in a 1´ - 4 ´´ somewhat mushy waves mostly and sometimes better wavesso the guy (lifeguard) rides mostly in a beach "without" waves or with small stormy conditions (you know what I mean) ones.and he do not wanted a tank...

I made a 9´ x 22 x 3 1/4the foil is not tapered to the tail, keeping the bulk. for ex. it have 2´´ at 1´ from the tailthe rails are rounded and tucked to hard boxies on tail; single finbox + 2 stabilizersthe bottom start flat then rolled to a little V.the tail is square and thick

yellow and orange paint color and black 1/4 pinline

the glass is 3 4oz on top and 1 bottom (I like this type of spring, not so rigid, more response; and the guy in this case dont need "momentum", inertia)gloss finish (that in the pict do not showed well)

All boards are 100% handcrafted since mid ´80s by one person from start to finish; including silk screening, fins and everything in between.
Only functional tested shapes not trendy boards on works. The norm is to discontinue the templates that do not perform as expected.